Vide Grenier Place Monge Watercolor Painting 9,5 x 12 in - 24 x 30 cm
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Yard sale means “vide grenier” in French, which means “empty the attic”:)
There are always still lifes to discover when you visit yard sales. All those objects people have loved for a time before getting too used the them. When you get too used to an object, you have to make place for another one? I loved this composition here, positioned on a corner of the street.
I’d love to know the Wooden Native American Chief’s thoughts about all those people passing by, some see him some don’t. And the owl, made of wood too, looks as always, beautiful and wise. Peculiar: those two ceramical objects, the brownish car with the soldier and the two women and the green solder in uniform who holds one hand up, “victory”. Nostalgic: the three red wooden little Oldtimer cars, , the white porcelaine swan and the mauve dog, a Spitz. A puppet or kind of clown with a red nose, a pair of brown suede shoes (had no place to paint the pair of them:), (empty) picture frames and old yellowish books. Perhaps one day this year’s Christmas presents will end up like this? Then I guess they will be lucky, cause they hopefully don’t end up in the waste bin…
A most happy Christmas to you, dear Andrea! Thank you for this painting. What a gift. I have friends with which I exchange presents but only if we find them in a yard sale of thrift store… oh the treasures they often yield.
I would have gone for the owl and of course, the bust of the Native American. Hope that you are enjoying a jolly holiday!
Cheers,
Patricia
Kind of sad isnt it. What was once loved no longer loved to be put on a corner for a cheap price. Wonderful painting. It really says alot to me.
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Enjoy your family time together.
yard sales: always a mix of excitement and hope of making a discovery, and sadness at seeing once loved things discarded.
Andrea das ist der 1e winter vide grenier den ich jeh gesehen habe. Und in watercolor werde ich wahrscheinlich keinen mehr sehn. Deine ideen sind grandios.
Alles liebe
XXXm
i like yardsales andrea:-)
have a good changing of the years, and may 2010 make alle your wishes come trough
xxx
toujours en vadrouille avec ton carnet et tes aquarelles. Tu as marchandé un peu pour l’indien ?
Happy new year miss Andrea.
A yard sale in Paris seems so unbelievable for some reason to me. It makes me smile. I would want to scoop it all up and bring it home. Love the emptying the attic meaning of the words.
Did you buy anything or just sit there and draw?
I hope your Christmas was full of joy and good times and things. Did you get lots of lovely gifts from your loved ones? I wonder what?
Hugs to you dear sweet friend.